{"id":950925,"date":"2021-11-01T18:43:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950925"},"modified":"2021-11-01T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:44:00","slug":"xi-jinping-scolds-world-on-climate-change-while-china-keeps-polluting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-scolds-world-on-climate-change-while-china-keeps-polluting\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping Scolds World on Climate Change While China Keeps Polluting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fxi-jinping-scolds-world-on-climate-change-while-china-keeps-polluting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950925&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Xi-Jinping-scowl-pointing-getty.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Chinese dictator Xi Jinping chose to address the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, by video link instead of attending in person. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Xi demanded \u201cconcrete action\u201d on climate change from the rest of the world, while China hauls record-breaking volumes of coal out of the Earth and pours it into the record-breaking number of carbon-generating coal-fired power plants it built over the past few years.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>China\u2019s state-run Xinhua news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/aseanplus\/aseanplus-news\/2021\/11\/01\/xi-urges-concrete-actions-to-address-climate-change-energy-issues\">summarized<\/a> Xi\u2019s remarks without dwelling on how sharply his rhetoric differed from China\u2019s actions:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p><span>Climate change and energy issues are today\u2019s prominent global challenges, which concern the common interests of the international community and the future of the Earth, Xi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The willingness and motivation of the international community to work together to cope with challenges continued to rise, and the key is to take concrete actions, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He called on the world to adopt comprehensive and balanced policies, and balance environmental protection and economic development, as well as addressing climate change and safeguarding people\u2019s livelihood. Major economies should strengthen cooperation in this area, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Xi bragged that China, which remains the world\u2019s worst polluter, made great strides toward reducing its carbon emissions over the past 15 years and promised to make greater commitments in the future. He claimed the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic set China\u2019s plans for carbon neutrality back, even though Beijing laid the groundwork for its delirious <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/02\/03\/china-built-three-times-as-much-coal-power-in-2020-as-the-rest-of-the-world-combined\/\"><span>coal-plant binge<\/span><\/a><span> long before the pandemic erupted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Xi argued the \u201cdeveloped\u201d world should make more sacrifices to fight climate change, giving time for \u201cdeveloping\u201d nations (as China likes to describe itself) to fully develop their industrial capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>These arguments mirror the \u201chistorical emissions\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/29\/china-pledges-to-increase-pollution-for-another-decade\/\"><span>argument<\/span><\/a><span> some climate activists have been preparing to excuse China\u2019s titanic carbon footprint \u2013 essentially holding the Western world responsible for generating carbon emissions back when it dominated heavy industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, so developing nations should be allowed to emit more carbon today while they catch up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nevertheless, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-gives-itself-wiggle-room-on-climate-change-goals-11635538164\"><i><span>Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>(WSJ) on Friday noted climate advocates are \u201cdisappointed\u201d with the plans China submitted before COP26.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The climate change movement hoped to do away with coal power entirely, but when China\u2019s industrial provinces experienced an energy shortage, Beijing did not hesitate to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/21\/climate-change-china-launches-all-out-coal-production-campaign\/\"><span>order<\/span><\/a><span> \u201call-out\u201d coal production, from both Chinese and foreign suppliers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the <\/span><i><span>WSJ, <\/span><\/i><span>China\u2019s \u201ccarbon road map\u201d was rewritten in October and made significantly less ambitious. Among other downgrades, the Chinese road map does not even promise to stop building coal plants \u2013 it merely pledges to adhere to \u201cinternational energy efficiency standards\u201d when constructing them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith regard to the disappointment, the disappointment relates to the fact that \u2026 not only Russia but China basically didn\u2019t show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change. And there\u2019s a reason why people should be disappointed in that. I found it disappointing myself,\u201d U.S. President Joe Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/biden-says-russia-china-didnt-show-up-on-climate-change-commitments\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> at the conclusion of the G20 summit in Rome on Sunday, conveying a great deal of disappointment indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-57483492\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span> noted last week that Xi claims China\u2019s carbon emissions will peak before 2030 and decline to \u201ccarbon neutrality\u201d by 2060, but his government has not explained \u201cexactly how these goals will be achieved.\u201d China is currently emitting about twice as much carbon as the United States, or about as much as the rest of the top-five carbon-producing nations combined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The BBC quoted activists who said China\u2019s plans were \u201cinsufficient\u201d even back when it was promising to stop building coal plants, and now it has over 60 of them under construction across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese dictator Xi Jinping chose to address the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, by video link instead of attending in person. 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